links for 2008-07-03
What would make you post video comments? | Online Journalism Blog Paul Bradshaw asks in a video post: ““What would make you post video comments?” (tags: video blog comments) Official Google Blog:...
View ArticleEvening Standard: Save Independent, take it online-only, says Greenslade
“INM must scrap printing in favour of uploading,” argues the media commentator Roy Greenslade. “It will save trees, save ink, wipe out all production costs and eliminate the expense of distribution. It...
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Thirty things you might miss in a world without newspapers
1. Material to stuff your Guy Fawkes effigy with on Bonfire Night. 2. Paper mountains at your local recycling depot. 3. Liners for your kitty litter trayers, rabbit hutches etc. 4. The joy of finding...
View ArticleBerkeley Daily Planet launches ‘Fund for Local Reporting’
In a frank article about the paper’s future, the owners of US independent newspaper the Berkeley Daily Planet admit they don’t have a solution for plugging the revenue gap in their ailing ad-supported...
View ArticleProject for Excellence in Journalism: The State of the Media report 2009...
Pew’s Project for Excellence in Journalism has released its State of the Media report and – unsurprisingly – the annual evaluation of the US media scene makes for particularly depressing reading this...
View ArticleNYTimes: MagCloud – the DIY magazine publishing service
MagCloud – a new web service developed by Hewlett-Packard – offers 20 cents-per-page magazine printing. “There are so many of the nichey, maybe weird-at-first communities, that can use this,” Andrew...
View ArticleFIPP 09: E-readers and digital editions: what’s the future for magazines online?
Yesterday, the first panel at the 37th FIPP World Magazine Congress, which looked at the economic situation for the magazine market, had acknowledged e-readers as significant, but not as a direct...
View ArticleBBC/Milne Media: More than 100 jobs at risk in Scotsman print move
More than 100 jobs could go at Scotsman Publications’ Edinburgh printing plant as owners Johnston Press have decided to move operations to its Glasgow base. The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday will no...
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